Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has capped cost for the treatment of coronavirus in the Delhi hospitals. Home Minister Amit Shah constituted a committee under Member of NITI Aayog to fix rates charged by Private hospitals in Delhi for isolation beds, ICUs without ventilator support and ICUs with ventilator support.
With the continues rise of coronavirus cases in the national capital, Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Friday said ramping up bed capacity and medical resources should be the topmost priority in handling the COVID-19 situation.
As per the latest information shared on the Delhi Corona app on Thursday afternoon, more than 3,000 beds are lying vacant in these five dedicated COVID-19 hospitals that have a total capacity of 4,344 beds.
The order issued by Delhi government said, "It has been observed that there has been a surge in the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in last one week in Delhi, resulting in additional demand of ICU beds and beds with Oxygen facility."
The Arvind Kejriwal-led government has ordered hospitals to discharge all mild and asymptomatic patients of the novel coronavirus with 24 hours of the admission and report them to district surveillance.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a closure notice to 12 hospitals for not adhering to biomedical waste norms. Here is the list of all the hospitals that have been issued a notice by DPCC.
This is not the first time the national capital is witnessing a widespread of this disease. Last year, 11 children had died between September 6 and 19, with parents attributing the deaths to a non-availability of the anti-diphtheria serum.
The Delhi government recently said all government hospitals in the city are equipped with necessary logistics required for the management of the disease.
Explaining the reasons for the shortage, an official said many doctors, after completing their MBBS, opt for further studies or prefer joining the private healthcare sector due to its higher pay scale.
The draft policy came up with a controversial proposal of bill reduction in case of death of patients in less than 24 hours from time of admission in the hospital.
The Delhi CM threatened that his government may “deduct” salaries of officers responsible for “non-payment” of bills to suppliers of medicines in the hospitals of the national capital territory.
There is a sigh of relief for the residents of national capital of India. All the residents of Delhi can now get free diagnostic tests in as many as 21 private institutions if they are referred to by the Government run hospitals.
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